Screen



May 14, 1929.

- W. H. FRIDLEY SCREEN 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 6,- 1926 May 14, 1929'.

- W. H. FRIDLEV SCREEN 2 Sheets-3heet Filed Feb. 6, .1926

Patented May 14, 1929.

1,712,65i OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. FRIDLEY, F ANNA, OHIO.

SCREEN.

Application filed February This invention relates to windows and more particularly to a window having an improved frame construction and screens slidably mounted in the frame and operatively connected with the upper and lower sashes so that when the sashes are opened the screens will be moved with the sashes into position to prevent flies and other insects from entering a room through the open window.

One object of the invention is to provide the window frame with extended upper and lower end portions which will be embedded in the wall of a building'and form compart ments into which the screens connected with the sashes will be positioned when the sashes are closed.

Another object of the invention is to so mount the screens that they will be firmly connected with the sashes and to provide weights which are operatively connected with the screens and serve to yieldably resist movement of the screens into closing re lation to the window openings when the sashes are opened so that a light screen will r be drawn into its compartment at the end of the window frame when the sash is closed and prevented from becoming bent or twisted out of shape through accidental engagement with a portion of the window frame.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the frame of the window that when set in the wall of a building it will have the appearance of a window of a conventional construction and the screens completely hidden from view except when the sashes are opened.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view looking at the window from a position externally of the building with portions of the frame and wall of the building broken away to disclose the screen which is connected with the upper sash;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a View looking at the window from within the building with the lower portion of the wall and frame broken away to d'sclose the lower screen, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line &4 of Fig. 3.

The frame of the Window includes a sill 1, a headboard 2 and side members 3 which constitute weight boxes and have their upper and lower end portions extending above and below the headboard 2 and sill 1. These side e, 1926. Serial no. 86,498.

members have the usual strips 1 to form tracks in which the upper and lower sashes 5 and 6 are slidably mounted andadjacent the headboard are formed with the usual openings 7 in which the pulley wheels 8 engaged by the sash cords 9 are rotatably mounted. The sash cords, of course, extend into the weight boxes or side members 3 and at their inner ends are engaged with the usual weights, one of which is shown in Fig. 1 and indicated by the numeral 10. The usual weather strip 11 and side and upper trim strips 12 and 13 are, of course, provided with the strips 12 and 1.3 overlapping the inner face of the wall about the window, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper and lower end portions of the side members or weight boxes extend above the headboard 2 and below the sill 1 and will, of course, be embedded in the wall of the building. Adjacent their upper ends the sidemembers are provided with openings 14 similar to the openings 7, these openings 14: being disposed above a slot 15 formed in the headboard over the upper sash and having pulley wheels 16 rotatably mounted therein by means of the usual pins 17. A slot 18 is formed in the sill 1 beneath the lower sash 6 with its ends terminating at the lower ends of the tracks in which the lower sash slides.

The screens 19 and 20 which are intended to prevent flies and mosquitoes from entering a room when the sashes are open ed are formed of wire screening bordered by channel metal, as shown at 21, which is substantially U- shaped in cross section, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and of a thickness to slide readily through the slots 15 and 18 of the headboard and sill. The screens will, of course, be of the proper dimensions to completely close the window openings when the sashes are opened and will preferably be of such depth that when the upper sash is lowered. its full extent the binding at the upper edge of the screen 19 will be disposed in the slot 15 and when the lower sash is raised its full extent the binding at the lower edge of the sash 20 will be disposed in the slot 18 of the sill. Therefore, flies and mosquitoes will be prevented from passing inwardly about the edges of the screens. It should be further noted that the slots 15 and 18 are so located that the binding at the sides of the screens will contact with the track-forming strips and prevent the insects from passing inwardly about the sides of the screens. At its lower edge the screen 19 has been formed with an approprite numfasteners her of tongues 22 which extend from the screen, as shown in Fig. 2, and are secured against the upper edge of the upper sash by 23. The lower screen is also provided with a suitable number of tongues 24 which extend upwardly from its upper binding and are secured against the lower sash by fasteners 25, as shown in Fig. 4. While it is stated that the screens are provided with tongues to connect them with the sashes, it will be obvious that if desired each could be formed with a single flange of a suitable length and provided with openings to receive the fasteners. Weights 26 are suspended from the lower screen by means of hooks 27 provided at their upper ends and engaged with depending eyes 28 carried by the screen so that the lower screen will be held taut and caused to readily move downwardly into the compartment formed between the extended lower ends of the side members when the lower sash is closed. In order to hold the upper V sash taut and cause it to be drawn upwardly into the compartment between the extended upper end portions of the side members of the window frame, there has been provided weights 29 slidable in the upper end portions of the weight boxes and carried by sash cords 30 which are trained outwardly upon the pulleys 16 and connected with the eyes 31 at the sides of the screen;

It will be readily understood that when the sashes are closed the window when viewed either from within a room or externally of the building will have the appearance of a window of a conventional construction and that the screens will be completely hidden from view when the sashes are closed. When, however, the sashes are opened, the screens are moved with them and the window openings guarded so that flies and mosquitoes will be prevented from entering. The fact that the screens have been provided with cooperating weights prevents them from becoming warped or otherwise twisted out of shape and also serves to prevent them from readily catching against small obstructions which would retard their movement when the sashes are closed and might cause them to be bent.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A screen adapted to be suspended beneath a sliding window sash and slide through a passage in a sill into an operative position when the sash is raised, said screen comprising an open frame, a sheet of screening carried by said frame, tongues extending upwardly from said frame and ada ted to be secured to a window sash, eyes spending from said frame, and weights having hooks extending upwardly therefmm and engaged in said eyes to suspend the weights beneath the screen, said weights serving to retain the screen taut and yieldably resist upward movement thereof when the screen is engaged with a sash.

2. A screen adapted to be suspended beneath a sliding window sash and slide through a passage in a sill into an operative position when the sash is raised, said screen comprising an open frame, asheet of screening carried by said frame, means to connect the frame with a sash and suspend the frame beneath the sash, and a weight suspended from the lower end of said frame and serving to retain the screen taut and yieldably resist upward movement thereof when the screen is engaged with a window sash.

3. A screen ada ted to be suspended beneath a sliding win ow sash and slide through a passage in a sill into an operative position when the sash is raised, said screen comprising an open frame, a sheet of screenin carried by said frame, means to connect the frame with a sash and suspend the frame beneath the sash, eyes at the lower end of said frame, and weights removably engaged with said eyes and suspended therefrom beneath the frame, said weights serving to retain the screen taut and yieldably resist upward movement thereof when the screen is engaged with a window sash.

In testimony whereof I aifix m signature.

WIILIAM H. FRIDLE [no.1 

